Diary written on board the Dallam Tower bound for Otago by Frances Pople Pheney

Date
1 November 1878-19 January 1879
By
Pheney, Frances Pople, 1856-1939
Reference
MS-Papers-12139-2
Description

Loose leaf shipboard diary by Frances Pople Pheney written on board the 'Dallam Tower' during a voyage to Otago in 1878-1879.

The manuscript is headed "Diary written on board the Dallam Tower bound for Otago" and the first entry dated "1st November". Subsequent entries are dated 3 November, 4 November, 5 November, 6 November, 7 November, 16 November, 18 November, 19 November, 20 November, 21 November, 25 November, 2 December, 16 December, 18 December, and 30 December 1878, and 7 January, 11 January, 12 January, 13 January, 15 January, and 19 January 1879.

Includes description of 21st birthday on board the ship, and the arrival in Dunedin took place on 15 January 1879.

Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Physical Description: Holograph, loose leaf manuscript, 58 pages, written in ink on paper watermarked "J Whatman 1876", 20.5 x 13 cm.

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Part of
Pheney family: Shipboard diaries and portraits
Format
1 folder(s), Diaries, Personal narratives, Holograph, loose leaf manuscript, 58 pages, written in ink on paper watermarked "J Whatman 1876", 20.5 x 13 cm.
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